First pics of Walmart shooter Benjamin Jones emerge — he hung Nazi flag, embraced conspiracy theories: source

Ohio mass shooter Benjamin Jones spouted white supremacist conspiracy theories and had been admitted to a hospital for mental hea🐷lth evaluations⛄ three times in the past two years, a source revealed to The Post.

Jones, 20 — who turned a Hi-Point .45-caliber carbine long gun on himself after opening fire at a Walmart in Beavercreek, near Dayton, on Monday, injuring four shoppers — also never attended public school, and hung a Nazi flag on the wall behind his bed, according to the source.

“There were warning signs and red flags,” the source told The Post a day after the shooting, as the first pictures of the suspect emerged, showing him sporting long, shaggy brown locks and scruffy facial hair.

“He talked about right-wing conspiracy theories, that the Holocaust didn’t happen, 9/11 didn’t happen; he’d started talking about white supremacy stuff.”

A man and three women — one of whom remains in critical condition — were injured in the shooting, which came a day after a murder-suicide in the parking lot of an Alaska Walmart.

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Jones killed himself before he could be apprehended, and his motives were unclear. However, the source, who was close to him, painted a portrait of a troubled young man who was “not socialized” and had only attended online Christian school.

“He had been to the hospital three times over the last two years on 72-hour mental evaluations. His mother had him put in [the hospital] once, then he put himself in,” the insider said, adding that Jones lived with his mother.

“We thought that would be a red flag to authorities, nobody thought he could get a gun, but he’d talked about getting hold of one.”

It was unclear how Jones obtained his firearm.

, a🏅nyone who is involuntari꧅ly committed to a mental institution is prohibited from buying a firearm.

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Beavercreek police did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how Jones got the weapon. Jones’ mother and brother also did not respond to The Post’s requests.

“Another time he went to a concert and had a fall-out with his girlfriend. He wrecked his car on the way back and was put in the ICU, I think in Virginia, when he got out, he asked to go to mental health evaluation again,” they added.

“He was very religious, he could quote the Bible. His mother didn’t want him to go to public school. He had never been in school in his entire life, he only did Christian online schooling,” the source said.

“He was not socialized, he spent all his time at home. I don’t think he was able to deal with conflict, girlfriends, breakups and everything else.”

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The source also said they had heard the minor had been drinking a lot recently, including BuzzBallz premade cocktails, which have a 15% alcohol content. In comparison, the “average” US alcoholic drink has about 5% alcohol.

They also said he had talked about moving to La🦄s Vegas, where his father lives and where he had lived before he moved to Dayton.

Despite Jones’ apparent plan to commit mass murder before taking his own life, the young man was remembered fondly by the source.

“He was a good person, he’s left a lot of people heartbroken, but there were telltale signs.”